VOL. XLV

No 3

21-January-2002

IRAN

Iran Checks Growth In PetroleumProducts Consumption By Increasing Gas Use

The following article, based onofficial government data, was written for MEES by an Iranian oilindustry observer.

Iran is limiting its use ofrefined products in order to remove the need for product imports and to free upcrude and product volumes for export. Government policy is to reduce internalconsumption of products by gas substitution, a strategy that is advantageousbecause gas is as...